Until all domestic abuse allegations are cleared and resolved, singer BeBe Winans will not be appearing on an upcoming episode of The Oprah Show.

While promoting he and his sister CeCe’s new album Still, the gospel veteran taped an appearance of the “Karaoke Challenge” show as a judge last Friday, and bloggers and Winans’ ex-wife accused Oprah of having a double standard after having a special on domestic abuse and taking a strong stance against domestic violence following the Chris Brown/Rihanna assault incident.

Last Friday when Winfrey allowed BeBe Winans onto the show, his ex-wife told TMZ she was “hurt” by the talk show host’s decision because their case is still pending. Now, it looks like Oprah got the message.

Winans was charged with assualt last winter after he allegedly pushed his ex-wife Debra Winans to the ground following an argument regarding the custody of their children.  His official court date is set for January 20th.

Well known philanthropist and television personality Oprah Winfrey helped her friend Cicely Tyson open her brand new school, “The Cicely L. Tyson Community School of Performing & Fine Arts,” Saturday evening (Oct 24) in East Orange, NJ.

Actor LL Cool J attended the Monte Carlo Television Festival cocktail party, held at the Beverly Hills Hotel Saturday evening (Oct 24) in Beverly Hills, California.

And newlywed Khloe Kardashian showed off her rock at the “Closet Sundays” One Year Anniversary Celebration Sunday night (Oct 25) at the Beatles Revolution Lounge at the Mirage Resort Hotel Casino Sunday in Las Vegas.

We also have new pictures of Kim Kardashian, Sheree Whitfield, Naomi Campbell and more when you continue reading!

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Retired championship boxer Mike Tyson was a special guest on Monday’s (Oct 12) episode of “The Oprah Winfrey Show.” But this wasn’t the same Mike Tyson we knew in the media back in the day. This was a new Mike Tyson, ready to focus on his family and try to change the way the public sees him. He told Oprah he was “tired of failing.”

Tyson opened up about most of his headline-grabbing actions over the years, including his years in prison, his tempestuous eight-month marriage to Robin Givens, his long addiction to drugs, the $400 million fortune he squandered, the 1997 comeback match in which he bit Evander Holyfield’s ear, and — for the first time — the death of his 4-year-old daughter earlier this year.

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Is this a sign of the changing times? Or is Oprah just looking for a way to score some ratings and get some new viewers? Whatever the case may be, the talk show queen invited Jay-Z, a member of hip-hop royalty, to her famous show for some one-on-one conversations about hip-hop, his past life as a drug dealer, the use of “the N word” in rap music and lots more.

Check out parts 1 – 3 of the televised airing of the show (and a video of Jay teaching O how to freestyle) below!

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The Oprah Show aired its highly anticipated Whitney Houston interview over a two day period and here are the videos from both airings. In the exclusive interview, Whitney and Oprah discuss her relationship with Bobby Brown, her past drug use, her and Bobby’s daughter, Bobbi Kristina, and much much more. Continue reading to peep both videos and for a video of Whitney Houston performing “I Didn’t Know My Own Strength.”

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It looks like Jay-Z will be on Oprah after all! The Brooklyn bred rapper took the famous television talk show host on an exclusive tour of the Marcy Projects of Bedstuy, Brooklyn in New York City (Jay’s old neighborhood) and talked her about his past as a teenage drug dealer and bullet dodger. They also discussed his rise to fame in the late 1990’s which led to his current success in the late 2000’s as a hip-hop mogul and household name, in addition to touching on his marriage with superstar Beyonce. All of this will be featured in an upcoming issue of Oprah’s “O Magazine,” but Jay-Z revealed to New York’s Hot 97 radio station that the interview will also air on The Oprah Show on September 24th.

Jay-Z told Hot 97’s Cipha Sounds and Peter Rosenberg exactly why he wanted to bring Oprah to the hood.

“I brought her around there really for the neighborhood,” he explained. ” ‘Cause a lot of times, when you see people or you hear about Oprah Winfrey, she seems almost untouchable. When I saw her, it was shocking to me. So I know how that feels, to see someone on TV and hear their name and know they’re so hugely successful. They seem unattainable … but for them to be around the way and for kids to just see that.”

Her surprise appearance, along with Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kevin Liles, was shocking to the residents of the neighborhood and they definitely appreciated it, but precautions did need to be in place. Jay says her security was equipped with helicopters in all to make sure everything was okay. It’s not everyday you have people like Oprah, Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kevin Liles walking through the projects.

“There was a lot of people out there,” he said. “It was Oprah, you know? You don’t want people to come snatch her up. [There was] like secret service and helicopters all around.”

SOURCE: MTV

Rapper Jay-Z took Oprah Winfrey to his old neighborhood in the Marcy Projects of Bedstuy, Brooklyn and opened up to her about his past as a teen drug dealer, his superstar hip-hop status and his marriage to one of the biggest female entertainers alive, Beyonce Knowles, for the October 2009 issue of O Magazine. He also talks about getting shot at, usage of the N-word in hip-hop lyrics and offending people due to the fact that he and Beyonce had to keep their surprise wedding a secret.

Oprah: So tell me how you got into the drug dealing.

Jay-Z: It was natural.…

Oprah: Because drug dealers were your role models. There wasn’t a teacher or a lawyer or a nurse or a doctor or an accountant in the neighborhood?

Jay-Z: Well, we were living in Marcy by then, so, no. And if anyone did become something like that, they moved out. They never came back to share the wisdom of how they made it. If anyone made it, you never knew it. That’s why I’ve always said that if I became successful, I’d come back here, grab somebody, and show him how it can be done.

Oprah: So by the time you were 13, this was a way of life. Did the lifestyle frighten you?

Jay-Z: No. It was normal. And at some point, you become addicted to the feeling. The uncertainty and adrenaline and danger of that lifestyle.

Oprah: This is where we differ. This is where we differ. Because I’d be very scared! Weren’t you shot at three times—within six feet—and you lived to talk about it?

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Hip-hop mogul Jay-Z invited media mogul/talk show host Oprah to his old neighborhood in the Marcy Projects of Bed-Stuy (Bedford-Stuyvesant) Brooklyn, New York City. The rapper, due to release his new album in a month, showed the Big O his grandmother’s house and more of his old stomping grounds for an upcoming interview in Oprah’s “O Magazine.” Word is Beyonce and Rihanna were in the area too…

Oprah hanging out with rappers in the projects? Never thought we’d see the day! But do you think this would happen if the Jiggaman wasn’t married to Beyonce? Probably not. Ponder on that for a minute and peep more pics when you continue reading…

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Actress Whoopi Goldberg (who also speaks on The View’s panel), Media mogul Oprah Winfrey and Financial advisor Suze Orman attended and posed for a pic together at the 2009 Time 100 Most Influential People in the World Gala, which was held Tuesday night at the Frederick P. Rose Hall at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City.

The annual gala saluted the best and the brightest people in the categories of leaders & revolutionaries, heroes & pioneers, scientists & thinkers, artists & entertainers and builders & titans. Other honorees and attendees of the gala included John Legend, Michelle Obama, M.I.A. and more. Continue reading for more photos from the gala and to peep the complete 2009 Time 100 list!

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Oprah Winfrey had a special message for pop singer Rihanna on her show last week. The television mogul spoke about the incident on a recent airing of The Oprah Show and had a few words for the pop princess about her woman beating boyfriend Chris Brown.

Rihanna’s reported reconciliation with Brown after her Feb. 8 pummeling sparked an outpouring of debate, controversy and motherly advice.

“Love doesn’t hurt,” Winfrey said on her show Friday, while announcing she will dedicate a program this week to discussing domestic violence. “I want to do a show about it, dedicated to all the Rihannas of the world.” Speaking directly into the camera, Winfrey said, “If a man hits you once, he will hit you again. He will hit you again.”

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Television and worldwide mogul Oprah Winfrey interviewed our First Lady, Michelle Obama, for O Magazine. First Lady Obama and Oprah shared the magazine too, which marks the first time in O Magazine history that antoher human being (besides Oprah herself) has covered the popular women’s magazine. Peep a snippet of the interview below:

For all the majesty of the White House, the First Lady has already infused it with a palpable ease; her presence makes the place feel open and approachable. When we sit down to talk, she seems as relaxed as she did when I first interviewed her and her husband in their Chicago apartment in 2004. “This room has the best light in the house,” she tells me as we settle in, shoes off, on a comfortable sofa. “And there’s pie here, too. The pie in the White House is dangerously good.” — Oprah

Oprah: So after the inauguration, what was your first weekend in the White House like?

Michelle Obama: Well, we still had family here, so it was almost like a wedding. A huge, very complicated wedding. The last visitors didn’t leave until Sunday. And then the first Monday was kind of weird. You know: Now we live here, and Barack is getting up and going to work, and it’s just us. This is our home now.

Oprah: I had heart palpitations coming through the White House gate, recognizing that this really is now your home. It’s the White House, and it’s your home.

Michelle Obama: And it’s a beautiful home. When you go out and come back, especially at night, with all the white lights on—it’s just beautiful. We feel privileged, and we feel a responsibility to make it feel like the people’s house. We have the good fortune of being able to sleep here, but this house belongs to America.

For more, you’ll have to pick up the latest issue of O Magazine!

Singer Jennifer Hudson dropped by the Oprah show this past Friday (Feb. 27th) to chat with the famous (understatement, we know) talk-show host and perform on the show in one of her first performances since her Fall 2008 tragedy when her estranged brother-in-law shot and killed her mother, brother and young nephew.

When Oprah asked her how she was, she responded stating that she was in a “very good place” and was just excited to be back at work performing and doing what she loves to do.

“I’m good, I’m really good. I’m just glad to be back and glad to be working and just doing what I love to do, you know? It’s like therapy.”

Check out the entire interview and her performance of her latest single “If This Isn’t Love” in the video above.

I’ve been a little detached from the internet over the past couple of weeks due to a few offline obligations and what-not, but I’m slowly getting Gossip On This back into the groove of things. I’m not sure if many other blogs have shown a lot of these but here are a few photos of some of the biggest names in Hollywood watching history in the making as Barack Obama was sworn into office as the 44th President of the U.S.

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Even Oprah can somehow separate herself from the most famous celebrities making her seem even more powerful and influential than what she already is. Celebrities like Beyonce, Jay-Z, Diddy, T.I., and more were politely shooed away by President-Elect Obama prior to his victory speech last night at Grant Park Chicago. The president-elect extended his welcome to the innaugration in January though. But Oprah was allowed to cheer Obama on amongst the crowd of 200,000 in Chicago last night, and said the following to British cable network BBC:

“It feels like hope won,” the TV icon told Britain’s BBC. “It feels like there’s a shift in consciousness. It feels like something really big and bold has happened here, like nothing ever in our lifetimes did we expect this to happen.”

Us everyday Americans weren’t the only ones excited last night when it was officially announced that Barack Obama had been elected the 44th President of the United States of America! (Sidebar: Wow, it feels really good to be able to say that) Stars like Oprah Winfrey, Spike Lee, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, and Will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas all showed their excitement last night at Grant Park in Chicago, IL, where they were in the midst of a crowd of over 200,000 people cheering on President-Elect Obama. Continue reading for more photos.

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Here are some flicks of Mya (don’t feel bad if you don’t remember who she is) vacationing on the beaches of Barbados. I hear homegirl dipped out on a recent performance and pissed off the locals. The fact that she was even gonna attempt to revive her long-ago dead career should have pissed them off.

Hell, the last time we saw her, she was doing the peanut butter stomp with Yo Gabba Gabba. Unfortunately if you would like to see the former singer making a fool of herself, then you’ll have to do your own perusing around youtube, because the video we posted here is “no longer available.”

Career … or no career, I’d still hit. 2wice! =)

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Here are Oprah Winfrey’s comments about why she is voting for Obama in the face of criticisms from women and charges she is only voting for him because he is Black.

Forbes released their list of the top-earning African American stars. Oprah Winfrey tops the list, earning a whopping $260 million, Tiger Woods trails behind her at a distant $100 milion, and Jay-Z is right behind him with $83 million earned. The list also includes Beyonce (#9 at $27 million) and Kobe Bryant (#5 at $33 million). The list was determined off of earnings between June 2006 and June 2007. Check out the full list below!

#1 – Oprah: $260 million
#2 – Tiger Woods: $100 million
#3 – Jay-Z: $83 million
#4 – 50 Cent: $33 million
#5 – Kobe Bryant: $33 million
#6 – Shaquille O’Neal: $32 million
#7 – Michael Jordan: $31 million
#8 – Will Smith: $31 million
#9 – Beyonce: $27 million
#10 – Lebron James: $27 million

According to All Hip Hop, daytime talk show host Oprah Winfrey has teamed with Discovery Communications to launch a new multi-platform media venture named The Oprah Winfrey Network [OWN].

Winfrey, who has criticized some Hip-Hop music, as well as various media outlets for their portrayal of African-American men and women, will serve as chairman of OWN. She will have full editorial over OWN’s content and will be responsible for the programming, branding and creative vision of the network. OWN is slated to debut in 2009 in more than 70 million homes, on what is currently the Discovery Health Channel. “Fifteen years ago, I wrote in my journal that one day I would create a television network, as I always felt my show was just the beginning of what the future could hold,” Oprah Winfrey said in a statement. “For me, the launch of ‘The Oprah Winfrey Network’ is the evolution of the work I’ve been doing on television all these years and a natural extension of my show.”

The network will target women, men and their families, encouraging them to “live their best lives, and by doing so, lift the lives of those around them in ever-widening circles.” OWN is currently seeking a CEO to oversee the day-to-day operations of the venture immediately. Various rappers have criticized Winfrey, claiming that her Oprah Winfrey television show tends to cast Hip-Hop music in a negative light. Rappers like Ludacris, 50 Cent, Ice Cube and others have named checked Winfrey in songs and interviews. “I listen to some Hip-Hop. I’ve been accused of not liking Hip-Hop and that’s just not true,” Winfrey said. “I got a little 50 [Cent] in my iPod. I really do. I like ‘In Da Club.’ Have you heard the beat to ‘In Da Club’? Love that, love Jay-Z, love Kanye, love Mary J. Mary J. is one of my friends.”

… but her yet-to-be adopted children will! Ain’t that a bitch?! It’s been reported that talk-show host, and queen of white women all over, Oprah Winfrey, has left her partner of 21 years, Stedman Graham, out of her will. The media mogul recently drew up the legal document, leaving none of her $2 billion fortune to her Graham in the event of her passing, according to MSNBC and The National Enquirer.

Instead, she has dictated that her money will be donated to several charities and the three daughters she plans to adopt, without the help of best-selling author and motivational speaker Graham. A source says:

“(Adoption) is something she has always wanted to do. There’s no talk of her adopting the children with Stedman — this is something she’s going to do by herself.”

First she calls off the engagement, and now this? Whoever the 3 girls she plans to adopt are, they’re going to be some rich mofos. Stedman better be stashing away some used Kleenexes, or chicken bones, or something so he can get his eBay on!

I’m sure most, if not, all of you have caught wind to the scandal surrounding Oprah Winfrey’s school for disadvantaged girls in South Africa. This past Friday, authorities released a statement saying that a former worker at the school had been arrested on charges of abuse and sexual assault. At least seven girls have made allegations against the 27-year-old woman, police said. The woman, 27-year-old Tiny Virginia Makopo, was arrested Thursday. She was being held by police and was expected to appear in court yesterday. “Several charges including alleged assault, indecent assault, criminal injury and soliciting underage girls to perform indecent acts are being investigated against her,” said police Superintendent Lunge Dlamini. Oprah recently apologized to parents and students in a meeting at the school. Click below to see a few snippets of said apology.

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FYI: Damn, it feels great to be back! Where the hell was I you ask? Well, to make a long story short, there was some digging on some property beside my house and the workers cut right through our cable line, leaving us without television and internet for the past 30 hours! Yeah, I was bored as hell, but luckily I had my BOONDOCKS SEASON 1 DVD to ease the pain. Obviously I couldn’t update here so I hope you didn’t miss me too much! Anyhow, for the next day or so I’ll be “playing catch-up” to post the things I missed out on in my blockage of the outside world (no tv and no internet is NO FUN … trust me!) By the way, if you’re looking for “Weekend Update” … THIS IS WEEKEND UPDATE! Now on to playing catch-up!

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I can’t believe I didn’t post these! I was looking through the archives from the past couple of weeks and photos from the Tony’s were nowhere to be found. In fact, they were still sitting here on my computer in a zip archive waiting to be extracted, uploaded, and posted. My bad y’all, here they are! More photos of ‘Tasia can be found after the cut, along with the rest of the first edition of today’s “Playing Catch-Up!”

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